---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 443"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "443"
heading: "Imagery intelligence and geospatial information: support for foreign countries, regional organizations, and security alliances"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/443"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part I — Organization and General Military Powers"
  - "Chapter 22 — National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency"
  - "Subchapter I — Missions and Authority"
---

# §443. Imagery intelligence and geospatial information: support for foreign countries, regional organizations, and security alliances

- (a) **Use of Appropriated Funds.—** The Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence [Agency](/usc/10/3451.md?p=3) may use appropriated funds available to the National Geospatial-Intelligence [Agency](/usc/10/3451.md?p=3) to provide foreign countries, regional organizations with defense or security [components](/usc/10/3011.md?p=13), and security alliances of which the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) is a member with [imagery intelligence](/usc/10/467.md?p=3) and [geospatial information](/usc/10/467.md?p=4) support.
- (b) **Use of Funds Other Than Appropriated Funds.—** The Director may use funds other than appropriated funds to provide foreign countries with [imagery intelligence](/usc/10/467.md?p=3) and [geospatial information](/usc/10/467.md?p=4) support, notwithstanding provisions of law relating to the expenditure of funds of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1), except that—
  - (1) no such funds may be expended, in whole or in part, by or for the benefit of the National Geospatial-Intelligence [Agency](/usc/10/3451.md?p=3) for a purpose for which Congress had previously denied funds;
  - (2) proceeds from the sale of [imagery intelligence](/usc/10/467.md?p=3) or [geospatial information](/usc/10/467.md?p=4) items may be used only to purchase replacement items similar to the items that are sold; and
  - (3) the authority provided by this subsection may not be used to acquire items or services for the principal benefit of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1).
- (c) **Accommodation Procurements.—** The authority under this section may be exercised to conduct accommodation [procurements](/usc/10/3011.md?p=1) on behalf of foreign countries.
- (d) **Coordination With Director of National Intelligence.—** The Director of the [Agency](/usc/10/3451.md?p=3) shall coordinate with the Director of National Intelligence any action under this section that involves [imagery intelligence](/usc/10/467.md?p=3) or intelligence products or involves providing support to an intelligence or security service of a foreign country.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XI, § 1112(a)(2), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2679; amended Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title X, § 1073(a)(7), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1900; Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title IX, § 921(d)(2)(A), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1568; Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title IX, § 931(a)(11), (c)(1)(B), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 285; Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title IX, § 932(a)(10), (b)(2), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4576; Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title X, § 1073(c)(10), Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2475; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title IX, § 921(a), (b)(1), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1878.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2013—Pub. L. 112–239, § 921(b)(1), substituted “foreign countries, regional organizations, and security alliances” for “foreign countries” in section catchline.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 112–239, § 921(a), substituted “foreign countries, regional organizations with defense or security components, and security alliances of which the United States is a member” for “foreign countries”.

2009—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 111–84 repealed Pub. L. 110–417, § 932(a)(10), (b)(2). See 2008 Amendment note below.

2008—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 110–181 and Pub. L. 110–417, § 932(a)(10), (b)(2), amended subsec. (d) identically, substituting “Director of National Intelligence” for “Director of Central Intelligence” in heading and text. Pub. L. 110–417, § 932(a)(10), (b)(2), was repealed by Pub. L. 111–84.

2003—Subsecs. (a), (b)(1). Pub. L. 108–136 substituted “National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency” for “National Imagery and Mapping Agency” wherever appearing.

1997—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 105–85 substituted semicolon for period after “denied funds”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2009 Amendment

Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title X, § 1073(c), Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2474, provided that the amendment made by section 1073(c)(10) is effective as of Oct. 14, 2008, and as if included in Pub. L. 110–417 as enacted.

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 1124 of Pub. L. 104–201, set out as an Effective Date of 1996 Amendment note under section 193 of this title.